Both of these wood-eaters can cause an extensive amount of damage to your CT home without you even realizing it. There are a few telltale ways to distinguish which insect it could be.
- Carpenter Ant: Carpenter ants are extremely meticulous in their destruction, leaving a clean, well-maintained hollowed out trail in the wood. Sawdust may be apparent as galleries are cut through wood structures.
- Termites: These messy eaters leave layers of mud wherever they have been in your CT home. The damaged wood is much more thin or ragged. Mud tubes may indicate the presence of termite highways into your home or between wooden parts of the structure. Eastern subterranean termites are the most common termite encountered in the CT area.
Not knowing what kind of insect you are dealing with may lead to DIY termite or ant control attempts that only prolong or increase the problem. With ants and termites, it’s essential to understand what you’re dealing with: real ant and termite control is about uncovering nests and eliminating colonies, which can be found in altogether different places depending on the species.
Don’t let a prolonged infestation happen to you. Call us today for a pest inspection so we can help educate you on what kind of creepy-crawler may be infesting your CT home.
